Theory of Games and Statistical Decisions

A personal move is a choice by one of the players of one of a specified, possibly infinite, set of alternatives;

Broadly speaking, the rules provide that the game shall consist of a finite sequence of moves in a specified order, and the nature of each move

the rules provide that the game shall consist of a finite sequence of moves in a specified order, and the nature of each move

Introduction to the Theory of Games, McGraw-Hill, 1952.

For an excellent treatment of numerous aspects of game theory not treated here, the reader is referred to J. C. C. McKinsey’s Introduc